28:4 By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself;
you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.
28:5 By your great skill 1 in trade you have increased your wealth,
and your heart is proud because of your wealth.
28:6 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says:
Because you think you are godlike, 2
28:7 I am about to bring foreigners 3 against you, the most terrifying of nations.
They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom, 4
and they will defile your splendor.
1 tn Or “wisdom.”
2 tn Heb “because of your making your heart like the heart of gods.”
3 sn This is probably a reference to the Babylonians.
4 tn Heb “they will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom.”